Report Summary

  • 16

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    30% of other websites

  • 74

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 40% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 83

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    46% of websites

livingstone.com.au

Home - Healthcare, Lab, Pharmacy, Beauty Supplies-Livingstone

Page Load Speed

18.4 sec in total

First Response

1.7 sec

Resources Loaded

16.3 sec

Page Rendered

387 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Livingstone.com.au page load time and found that the first response time was 1.7 sec and then it took 16.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

livingstone.com.au performance score

16

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

14/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value6.8 s

7/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value26.2 s

0/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,040 ms

25/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.442

21/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.7 s

17/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

main.livingstone.com.au

1682 ms

bootstrap.min.css

460 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.css

669 ms

jquery-ui-1.10.3.theme.css

447 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

444 ms

Our browser made a total of 101 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 0% of them (0 request) were addressed to the original Livingstone.com.au, 16% (16 requests) were made to File.livingstone.com.au and 4% (4 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (9.1 sec) relates to the external source File.livingstone.com.au.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 466.5 kB (22%)

Content Size

2.1 MB

After Optimization

1.7 MB

In fact, the total size of Livingstone.com.au main page is 2.1 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 45% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-86%

Potential reduce by 52.4 kB

  • Original 61.0 kB
  • After minification 47.1 kB
  • After compression 8.6 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 13.9 kB, which is 23% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 52.4 kB or 86% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-8%

Potential reduce by 135.1 kB

  • Original 1.7 MB
  • After minification 1.6 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Livingstone images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-47%

Potential reduce by 27.1 kB

  • Original 57.9 kB
  • After minification 57.9 kB
  • After compression 30.7 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 27.1 kB or 47% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 251.9 kB

  • Original 297.2 kB
  • After minification 244.0 kB
  • After compression 45.3 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Livingstone.com.au needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 251.9 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 8 (9%)

Requests Now

90

After Optimization

82

The browser has sent 90 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Livingstone. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 9 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Accessibility Review

livingstone.com.au accessibility score

74

Accessibility Issues

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Buttons do not have an accessible name

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Best Practices

livingstone.com.au best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Missing source maps for large first-party JavaScript

SEO Factors

livingstone.com.au SEO score

83

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Livingstone.com.au can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Livingstone.com.au main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Livingstone. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: